If the classpath does not contain OpenTest4J (e.g. you use JUnit 4 instead of JUnit 5) AssertJ `3.13.0` fails with: `java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/opentest4j/MultipleFailuresError` A sample project to reproduce this issue: https://github.com/PascalSchumacher/assertj-3.13.0-requires-junit5-bug